State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 5, 1777 : Resolved, that when any waggon-master shall be called upon ... to procure teams ... and he shall not be able timely to obtain a sufficient number ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 6, 1777 : That the army may be duly supplied with shoes, stockings, and shirts, it is resolved, that the selectmen of the several towns ... appoint some ... person or persons, as agent or agents ... to purchase ... shoes ... stockings and shirts ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 6, 1777 : That the army may be duly supplied with shoes, stockings, and shirts, it is resolved, that the selectmen of the several towns ... appoint some ... person or persons, as agent or agents ... to purchase ... shoes ... stockings and shirts ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, April 30th, 1777 : Whereas this court have undoubted intelligence that our enemies are determined ... to enslave the inhabitants of America ... Resolved, that in such towns ... as have not already ... inlisted a number of able-bodied men ... shall on the said 15th day of May, call their several companies together, and endeavour to compleat the same ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, July 7, 1777 : Resolved, that all such men as may inlist as non-commissioned officers and private soldiers into the Continental regiment, to be commanded by Col. Henly, shall be considered as part of the proportion of each town for which they shall be so inlisted. ...

State of Massachusetts Bay. In the House of Representatives, April 29, 1777 : Resolved, that such unincorporated plantations as are taxed to this state, be, and hereby are impowered to join in the choice of representatives, with such town where they are taxed.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, August 15, 1777 : Whereas it appears ... that the proportion of the Continental Army, directed to be raised in this state, is far short of being compleat ... Resolved, that ... several companies in each delinquent town ... be called together ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, January 9, 1777 : Whereas by a resolve of this Court, passed December 10, 1776, all persons are prohibited from exporting from this state any sugars more than are sufficient for the use of the men on board the vessel, by which the same may be exported ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, August 8, 1777 : Whereas by the loss of the important fortress of Ticonderoga, a way is open to the ravages of our cruel and inveterate enemies ... Resolve, that one sixth part of the able-bodied men in the training band and alarm list, now at home ... march ... to reinforce the American army ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, August 8, 1777 : Whereas by the loss of the important fortress of Ticonderoga, a way is open to the ravages of our cruel and inveterate enemies ... Resolve, that one sixth part of the able-bodied men in the training band and alarm list, now at home ... march ... to reinforce the American army ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, March 17th, 1777 : Whereas it is indispensably necessary that the troops raised and raising ... for the Continental Army, should be as soon as possible furnished with good fire arms and accoutrements ... Resolved, that the selectmen of the several towns ... assist any soldier ... belonging to their respective towns ... in procuring the same ...

State of Massachusetts Bay. In the House of Representatives, April 19th, 1777 : Whereas this Court have voted to raise a number of men for the defence of this state ...
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, March 15, 1777 : Whereas it is of great consequence to prevent the soldas printed] of January last ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, January 26th, 1777 : Ordered, that the following address be printed ... To the people of Massachusetts-Bay. Friends and countrymen! When a people within reach of the highest temporal happiness ... are in danger of having it wrested from them ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, January 25, 1777 : The perseverance of Britain in her attempts to subjugate the free states of America ... demands a vigorous perseverance in the inhabitants of these states ... For this end the supreme council of the continent ... have called for eighty-eight battalions ... and for fifteen of them from the Massachusetts-Bay ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, January 25, 1777 : The perseverance of Britain in her attempts to subjugate the free states of America ... demands a vigorous perseverance in the inhabitants of these states ... For this end the supreme council of the continent ... have called for eighty-eight battalions ... and for fifteen of them from the Massachusetts-Bay ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, October 8, 1777 : Whereas by information from the commanding officer ... a number of drafted men ... have not joined their respective regiments: Therefore, resolved, that the comanding officer of the militia of each town ... arrest such persons ... and deliver them to the commanding officer of the detachments raised by this state ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, January 1, 1777 : Whereas a considerable number of men belonging to this state have inlisted into the service of the United States ...

Massachusetts Bay & the Lone Star : shall the twain never meet? /
by: Ragan, Cooper K.
Published: (1971)

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, August 11, 1777 : Whereas it has been represented, that some of the powder manufactured at the several powder mills in this state, has proved defective ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, January 20th, 1777 : Whereas it is of the utmost importance, that the army now raising ... should by supplied with blankets ... Resolved, that there be five thousand blankets levied on the several towns and plantations in this state, in the several proportions as expressed in this schedule. ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, January 20th, 1777 : Whereas it is of the utmost importance, that the army now raising ... should by supplied with blankets ... Resolved, that there be five thousand blankets levied on the several towns and plantations in this state, in the several proportions as expressed in this schedule. ...

Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, February 5, 1760 : For the encouragement of five thousand able-bodied effective persons (inclusive of officers and exclusive of the provincial troops at Nova-Scotia and Louisbourg,) to inlist into the service of this province in the ensuing campaign for the total reduction of Canada; the Great and General Court of said province in their present session have voted the following encouragement and bounty ...
Published: (1760)

Boston, February 27. 1777 : Gentlemen, At a time when degenerate Britons are with brutal rage ...
Published: (1777)

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, September 22, 1777 : Whereas by the latest advices from the northern army under the command of General Gates, it appears, that the army under the command of General Burgoyne have far advanced from water carriage, and by that means have rendered their retreat more difficult ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, December 28, 1776 : Resolved, that the following persons be and hereby are appointed to muster the men that have inlisted or shall inlist into the Continental Army, viz. ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, December 9, 1776 : Whereas great inconveniences may take place from our not knowing the number of male inhabitants in each town ... It is resolved, that the selectmen of each town ... shall take the number of all their male inhabitants ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, December 9, 1776 : Whereas great inconveniences may take place from our not knowing the number of male inhabitants in each town ... It is resolved, that the selectmen of each town ... shall take the number of all their male inhabitants ...

In Congress, April 7, 1777 : Resolved, that there be one director general of all the military hospitals, which shall be erected for the Continental Army in the United States ...

In Council. Philadelphia, September 4, 1777 : Resolved, that the militia of this state, who have taken, or shall hereafter take, arms or blankets into the field ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 3, 1778 : Notwithstanding repeated orders ... to make returns of all the male inhabitants ... above the age of sixteen years; and ... all the men inlisted into the Continental Army ... Resolved that ... said committees ... make immediate returns ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 3, 1778 : Notwithstanding repeated orders ... to make returns of all the male inhabitants ... above the age of sixteen years; and ... all the men inlisted into the Continental Army ... Resolved that ... said committees ... make immediate returns ...

In Congress, February 5, 1778 : Resolved, that the captain or commanding officer of each company in the service of the United States shall, at the end of every month, furnish the regimental pay-master with a pay roll ...
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In Congress, February 5, 1778 : Resolved, that the captain or commanding officer of each company in the service of the United States shall, at the end of every month, furnish the regimental pay-master with a pay roll ...
Published: (1778)

In Congress, February 5, 1778 : Resolved, that the captain or commanding officer of each company in the service of the United States shall, at the end of every month, furnish the regimental pay-master with a pay roll ...
Published: (1778)

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives. June 18, 1779 : Resolved, that the resolution of the 16th of April last, entitling each non-commissioned officer and soldier who shall inlist into the regiment of light-infantry ...
Published: (1779)

State of Massachusetts-Bay. No: 1777. Borrowed and received of [blank] the sum of [blank] for the use of the state of Massachusetts-Bay : and in behalf of said state I do hereby promise and oblige myself and successors in the office of treasurer, to repay ... upon the tenth day of May 1782, with interest at six per centum per annum; the interest to be paid annually.
Published: (1777)